Pledge Status
Complete
Pledge Date
Friday, March 8, 2024
Program Year
2024
Achievement
2024
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Community Spotlight
The Butterfly Garden Educational Signs
The Garden Club of Rogers installed educational signage at the Butterfly Garden in 2022. Creating an outdoor classroom for all ages in the heart of Downtown Rogers.
Action Items Committed for 2024
- Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.
- Engage with gardening leaders and partners (e.g., Master Naturalists, Master Gardeners, Nature Centers, Native Plant Society Chapters , other long-standing and influential community leaders) to support monarch butterfly conservation.
- Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.
- Facilitate or support a milkweed seed collection and propagation effort.
- Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
- Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
- Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Greg Hines | 2025 | 1/6/2025 | View Pledge | |
| Mayor Greg Hines | 2024 | 3/8/2024 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Greg Hines | 2023 | 3/30/2023 | Signatories | View Pledge |
